LOCAL AND GENERAL

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3363, 16 December 1919, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The Soldier Memorial Committee is to meet in the Presbyterian Hall, on Thursday evening, at 8 o'clock. Taihapc solicitors’ Oflice will close for the Christmas vacation at 12.30 pm. next Saturday, and will re-open again on Monday, January 12th, 1.920.

A case of intel'est was set down for hcaring at Auc.kl|and_. {"110 Point being whether or not a returned soldiers’ gratuity could be attached by a creditor. Counsel, after a eonference, however, had the case adjourned with a View to a private settlement.

The refusal of ithe Railway Department to grant a siding for the Mon-ins. ville dried milk faotory was referred to the Prime Minister on Saturday by a. large deputatian. The... cerremier a§s?ured~ them‘ thtffi they woulé get the siding, and ithat on his return to Wellington he would go into the matter.

David. Tucker, last heard of at Erewhon Station, is advised ithat his fmther is dangerously? ill. He is asked to communicate at once with the ‘Salvlation Army, Taihape. The New Zealand Shipping Company advise that the steamer Bremen, which is under the P. and O. C‘ompany’s mana.gemen-t, left Home on December 7th for Wellington, in ballast, with La. thousand pasengexs. The vessel, which is to call at Capetown en route, is due’ at \Vellington about January 26th. The New Zealand Shipping company are the Wellington agents.

“What saved the world in the late war?” asked Sir Joseph Ward recenitIy at Mal*til}borough.——“The grand old British Army.” (Cheers) He stated that the best thing in the world happened when the German Fleet went to the botiiom of Scapa Flow. “Instead of their dirty old navy, they will now have fo pay us for the ships,” declared Sir Joseph, amid applause.

A meeting of ‘the ladies who organised so successfully the children ’s Ball was held a. short time ago, when the balance sheet, which showed a credit of £36 7,_ was presented. This money. is 1-0 be used for the purpose of erecting in the -school -grounds’ a suitable memorial to the memory of our boys. The committee desire «to convey their sincere thanks to those ladies and gentlemen who helped them to make the ball a success.

The management of the Town Hall Pictures has arranged to show slides all through the performance t~o-mor-row, \Vednesday; night, giving results of the various polls ifhl'ough6ut the Dominion. A very interesting and appropriate progranime -of pictures is being arranged, so patrons at the town Hall wilq have a real lively time in comf-ort. Roll up and see the results. Many and varied are «the questions being put to the Parliamentar}' candiIdiiltfls ‘by assoofiiaitions fiand --societie-s. Forothe first time in New Zealand candidates have been asked to declare themselves with’ I'eg*a.rd.- to 'towll-plan-ning. The question asked was whetlier the candidates would support an Act providing for town-planing on modern nle?t-hods being applied to all lands and works throughout the " Dominion, inclucli-ng Crown lands and works. Over one hundred candidates have signified their Willingness eto help in the direction suggested, the parties ‘being represented as follows: Liberal 32, Reform 30, ‘Labour 35, and Independ-3 enfl 9. ' l

In the course of his remarks at the meeting of the Moderate League at Auckland, Ur Aims-trbng placed ‘on the table What looked like a small bottle of beer. He said: “Released from the _Worl‘ies of business, mankind responds to the geniality of this bottle.” Immediately‘ there were cries of “Pass it down, old man,” “Look out, 'ol‘ the stage will be rushed.” Later, :when an opponent was persistently calling out, Mr Armstrong said: “The interjeetor is like a bottle of soda water. You press the button and it must fizz!” At the close of his address the applause was.so prolonged that Mr Armstrong got up and bowed his acknowledgments. _ "The housing question is .1 matter of great importance to farmers,” re~ marked Sir James Wilson at the annual dinner Jof is-h.-a.rehold-ers in ithe New Zealand Farmers’ CO-operative Distributing Company. “Farmers must realise that good accommodation for the workers must go on. Married workers were more likely to remain if provision were made for housing. In the early days it was a common thing to have no wire mattra.sses-, but merely stretchers made of white pine Shipplings with flax interlaced. The pioneers did not complain, but nowa(lnys things had changed, and it was necessary to provide better accommodation. 'l‘h,ey did not rwant. the’ oldtime “swagger,” but the fainily man, and they must provide decenit homes for them. He said hp was very pleased ts see the dairy eornpanies right: up the West Coast had been building some fine residences If-or their employees, and surrounded them with nice gardens. *